Clothes lifter



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Patented Nov. 27 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE 2,576,242 I CLOTHES LIFTER Susie Stageberg, Red Wing, Minn. Application May 15, 1946, Serial 669,984

ing machine or boiler without the hands touching the clothes or the hot water.

Another object of the invention resides in providing a clothes lifter which will readily retain the clothes thereon and prevent the same from accidentally slipping off from the lifter.

A still further" object or the invention resides in providing a clothes lifter which may be readily Another object of the invention resides in providing a clothes lifter which will not tear ;'or injure the clothes.

I A still further object of the inventionresides in providing. a clothes lifter which can be constructed at an economical I cost.

Other. objects of the invention reside in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details 'of construction hereinafter illustrated and/or described.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a clothes lifter illustrating an embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan View of the structure shown in Fig. 1 and drawn to a greater scale.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the clothes lifter shown in Fig. 1 and drawn to the same scale as Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of another form of of the invention.

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary plan view of the clothes lifter shown in Fig. 6 and drawn to a greater scale.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the clothes lifter shown in Fig. 6 and drawn to the same scale as Fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view taken on line 9-9 of Fig. 7.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 5, a body member I0 is employed which is constructed of sheet metal and which is formed in two sections II and I2. The sections II and I2 each have two portions I6 and I! which are angularly disposed relative to one another. The portion I6 of section II has a groove l3 formed therein while the portion I6 of section I2 has a corresponding groove I4 formed therein which faces the groove l3. When the two sections are arranged as shown in the drawings. the said,

III which are adapted to receive, three fingers 31,

32 and 33. The fingers are preferably constructed of wood and have shanks 34 received within the holes 27, 23 and Thesaid fingers, are cohstructed with rounded tips at which are adapted to engage the clothes. jrhe two sections II nd I2 of the body member III are secured together by means of a rivet 31 which extends jointly through these. 'sectionsat a locality betweenthe portions I 3 and I1 thereof. .By means of this construction, all of the partsare rigidlyheld in assembled relation. V i I 'Ijhe portions II of the sections II and I2 of body member III are so constructed and the holes 21, 28 and 29 are so arranged that the finger 32 forms a relatively fiat angle with the handle I5 and so that the fingers 3| and 33 form a sharper angle with said handle. Said holes are also arranged so that all of the fingers diverge with reference to the body I0. I have found that with the fingers so arranged, the clothes are more easily engaged and lifted and also that the fingers may be easily disengaged from the clothes.

The use of the invention is obvious. The clothes lifter is grasped by the handle I 5 and the fingers 3|, 32 and 33 inserted into the boiler or washing machine and brought into engagement with the clothes. Due to the arrangement of the fingers, the same readily take hold of the clothes and the clothes can be lifted out of the boiler or washing machine without the hands of the user touching the clothes or the hot water. The particular arrangement of the fingers causes the same to readily engage the clothes and at the same time permits of easily extracting the lifter from the clothes when the occasion arises.

In Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive, I have shown another form of the invention. In this form of the invention, a body member 40 is employed which is constructed from wood or some other suitable material. The body member is elongated in form and is preferably cylindrical along the under portion thereof as designated at 4 I. The upper portion 42 of the same is planiform in construction. One end 43 of this body member has a hole 44 drilled in the same which receives a handle 45. The other end 46 of the said body member is provided with three holes 41, 48 and 49 which are the spirit of my invention.

adapted to receive three fingers 5|, 52 and 53. The fingers 5|, 52 and 53 are constructed of wood and are similar in shape and construction to the fingers 3|, 32 and 33. These fingers have shanks 54 which enter the holes 41, 48 and 49 and are 5 also provided with rounded tips 55 at the ends of the same. The various parts of the invention may be secured together by gluing with waterproof glue or in any other suitable manner. The fingers 5|, 52v and 53 extend outwardly from the body member 40 in the same manner as the fingers 3|, 32 and 33 extend from the body member [0. The method of using this form of the 3 3 invention is the same as that described in con junction with the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.

The advantages of my inventionare manifest. With my invention, the user does not have to insert his hands in the washing water. andthe water can therefor be kept at a higher temperature than where no lifter whatsoever is used.

My improved lifter positively engages the clothes and the same do not slide off from the lifter causing the water to splash and splatter on the-user, The lifter is readily disengaged from the clothes when the clothes have been moved .to the desired locality. I have found that my lifter readily picks up small articles such as handkerchiefs and similar articles without the necessity of fishing .around'inthe water when most of the clothesnao .ofi from the lifter. My invention can be constructed atan economical cost andwill last for a long time. r

. Changes in the specific form of my invention,

"as ,herein described, may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

and the handle.

A clothes lifter comprising a. body constructed of sheet metal and formed in two sections arranged in facing relation, said sections having four pairs of complemental facing grooves therein, one pair extending in one direction and the other three pairs of grooves arranged with an intermediate pair and two outermost pairs extending in diverging relation with respect to one another and in angular relation with respect to said first pair of grooves, a handle disposed in the first named pair of grooves and issuing outwardly from said body and extending in one direction, three fingers disposed in the other three pairs of grooves and extending in the opposite direction,

said handle and fingers at their inner ends approaching the center of the body, certain of the edges of said sections following along a plane containing the axes of the outermost fingers and continuing along the handle and being spaced from one another and a fastener extending through the center portions of both of the body sections and simultaneously clamping all of the fingers susIE W. STAGEBERGJ REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in'the file of this patent: U g V UNITED STATES.PATENTS Number Name a Date 163,003 De Leidi V H Mayil, 1875 368,503 Alexander 'Aug.-'16, 1887 572,815 Nicholes. Dec. 8, 1896 990,908 Sangers May 2, 1911 1,128,245 .Hamrin r Feb. 9, 1915 1,857,500 Davison May 10, .1932

FOREIGN PATENTS V Number Country Date Germanyv July 27, 1931 

